My latest articles on software architecture and software engineering
- Simple but effective architectural decisions documentation with ADRs, PRILER framework and Markdown
Given the context of evolvable software architecture and agile projects, documentation must be concise, clear, effective and… constantly changing. Nobody wants to […] - Make stakeholders lives easier with the 4+1 view model
How to describe software architecture in a way that can be easily understood by all stakeholders, be they technical or non-technical? How […] - DRY principle with Microservices
When working with development teams transitioning from a monolithic applications to microservices I sometimes face their anxiety of breaking the ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป’๐ […] - Layer Architecture vs. Hexagonal Architecture. Which one to choose?
Layered architecture is a common architectural pattern for organising application components into distinct technical layers – presentation, application, business, persistence, etc The […] - 4 database caching strategies for scaling applications
When ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ the database is often one of the bottlenecks. Caching is an effective way of reducing load on the database […] - What is MACH Architecture?You may have heard this acronym and you were wondering that it means. MACH is an industry tech standard describing modern technology. […]
- Prototyping with headless CMS
One easy way I sometimes validate software architectural solutions I am working on is through ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด. According to wikipedia, a prototype is […] - 3 simple rules for effective communicationEffective communication can prevent or even overcome many problems in software engineering. Many engineers are often underestimating the value and the power […]
- Data isolation in multitenant applications
Isolating data in multitenant SaaS applications is a challenging aspect. Between the extremes of sharing all resources between tenants and provisioning individual […] - The six drivers for evaluating legacy systems
There is no silver bullet method for legacy modernization. The best approach obviously depends on the problem that need to be solved. […] - Untangle Complexity With Event Storming
Understanding complex domain models is quite challenging. You can spend a huge amount of time chatting, emailing or meeting relevant (and sometimes […] - Software Architecture Evaluation Methods
Here is yet another post on software architecture evaluation. After ATAM, LAE, Tactics Based Analysis, this time a more general one focusing […] - 12 common pitfalls of legacy modernizationFor sure the majority of us working long enough in software engineering have been involved in at least one legacy modernization project. […]
- Tactics-Based Analysis for Software Architecture
A tactic is a design decision which influences the achievement of a quality attribute response. It directly affects the systemโs response to […] - Lightweight Software Architecture Evaluation
Continuing the series of posts on software architecture evaluation, with a simpler evaluation method: Lightweight Architecture Evaluation (LAE). As documented in Software […] - ATAM made easy
We all know that reducing risks in early phases of software development lifecycle is extremely important. We all agree that we must […]